Thursday, February 28, 2002, 9:45 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910-3760

301-495-4600, www.mc-mncppc.org

 

The following time schedule is an estimate subject to change without notice, depending on the circumstances affecting each item.  On individual agenda items, public testimony is accepted unless otherwise noted and italics indicate staff’s recommendation for Board action.  For information about meetings in progress, call (301) 495-1333.  For other information, call 301-495-4600 or the TTY (teletypewriter used by people with hearing or speech impairments) at (301) 495-1331.  The Planning Board encourages the participation of individuals with disabilities in all its programs and services.  Meeting agendas and other planning and parks information are available on the Internet – www.montgomeryplanningboard.org

 

 

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9:30 a.m.

 

GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room)

1.  Administrative Items

 

9:45 a.m.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING (Auditorium)

 

 

 

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Commissioners’ Reports

Directors’ Reports

Reconsideration Requests

 

10:00 a.m.

1.

 Fairland Gardens Stormwater Management Facility Retrofit, Upper Paint Branch, west of Old Columbia Pike and west of Cabin Creek Drive, Fairland – Approval.

 

2.

Upper Rock Creek Stream Restoration Project, tributary to Rock Creek, south of Fieldcrest Road and west of Stream Valley Way, Laytonsville – Approval.

 

3.

Little Falls Mall Stream Restoration Project, tributary to Little Falls Branch, west of Dalecarlia Reservoir and east of Sangamore Road, Somerset – Approval.

 

4.

Mandatory Referral No. 01113-NCPC-1 – Fire Station Relocation – Forest Glen Annex of Walter Reed, R-90 Zone; 1.4 acres; intersection of Brookville Road and Stephen Sitter Avenue, Silver Spring - Approval with comments.

 

5.

Board of Appeals Petition No. S-2494 (Special Exception) - Omnipoint Communications CAP Operations LLC, applicant, requests a special exception for a telecommunication facility to place antennas on the roof of an existing office building;

O-M Zone; 0.55 acre; 14301 Layhill Road, Silver Spring – Approval with conditions.

 

 

6.

Board of Appeals Petition No. S-180-B (Special Exception Modification) - George Meany Center for Labor Studies, applicant, requests modifications to the existing private educational institution; R-90 Zone; 46.7 acres; 1000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring – Approval with conditions.

 

1:00 p.m.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED (Auditorium)

 

 

7.

Zoning Text Amendment No. 02-01 - Introduced by Councilmembers Silverman and Denis; amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow by special exception a Private Educational Institution to provide certain programs that may include individuals not enrolled as students in the school - Approval.

 

*8.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02037 – Bonifant Park; R-200 Zone; 25 lots (19 single-family detached dwelling units and 6 single-family attached); on the north side of Bonifant Road, approximately 1,400 feet east of Layhill Road (MD 182); Aspen Hill - Approval with conditions.

 

*9.

Site Plan Review No. 8-02011 – Bonifant Park; R-200 Zone; 25 lots (19 single-family detached dwelling units and 6 single-family attached); on the north side of Bonifant Road, approximately 1,400 feet east of Layhill Road (MD 182); Aspen Hill - Approval with conditions.

 

*10.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02067 – Bradley Hills, Lot 29 and part of Lot 1, Block 1; R-90 Zone; 1 lot (1 existing single-family detached dwelling unit); .65 acre; on the south side of Bradley Boulevard (MD 191), approximately 100 feet east of Kennedy Street; Bethesda – Approval with conditions.

 

*11.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02057 – Han Property; R-200 Zone; 4 lots (4 single-family detached dwelling units); on the south side of Briggs Chaney Road, approximately 1,000 feet west of Old Columbia Pike; Fairland - Approval with conditions.

 

*12.

Record Plats – Approval.

 

13.

MD 355/Montrose Road/Randolph Road – Intersection Improvement Study Recommendations – Transmit comments to State Highway Administration.

 

 

*Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure regarding ex parte (outside the record) communications require all discussion, review, and consideration of this matter take place only during the Board’s public hearing.  Telephone calls and meetings with Board members in advance of the hearing are not permitted.  Written communications will be directed to appropriate staff members for response.

 

 

Notices and Reminders

 

Feb.

22 -

8:00 a.m.,

Silver Spring Action Group, Division of Traffic and Parking Services, 1109 Spring Street, Suite 407, Silver Spring

 

25 -

7:15 p.m.,

UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

25 -

7:30 p.m.,

UpCounty Action Group, UpCounty Regional Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Suite 1000, Germantown; Topic, “Storm Drainage at Intersections.”

 

27 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

28 -

9:45 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

Mar.

6 -

7:15 p.m.,

East County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, East County Community Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring

 

7 -

________,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

7 -

________,

MCPB, Olney Master Plan - Purpose and Outreach Strategy Report, MRO Auditorium

 

7 -

________,

MCPB, Presentation on MD 97/Randolph Road, MRO Auditorium

 

11 -

7:00 p.m.,

Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Gwendolyn E. Coffield Community Center, 2450 Lyttonsville Road, Silver Spring

 

12 -

4:30 p.m.,

Wheaton Urban District Committee Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton

 

13 -

7:15 p.m.,

Eastern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring

 

13 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

14 -

________,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

14 -

________,

MCPB, Forest Conservation – Discussion and Adoption of Regulations, MRO Auditorium

 

14 -

7:30 p.m.,

Western Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac

 

18 -

7:00 p.m.,

Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, Room A, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda

 

18 -

7:15 p.m.,

UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

19 -

7:45 a.m.,

Bethesda Urban Partnership Board of Directors Meeting, 7906 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda

 

19 -

7:15 p.m.,

Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton

 

20 -

9:30 a.m.,

Full Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

20 -

7:00 p.m.,

UpCounty Regional Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

20 -

7:00 p.m.,

Wheaton Redevelopment Steering Committee Meeting, #403, Redevelopment Office, 11501 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton

 

21 -

________,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

21 -

4:00 p.m.,

Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee Meeting, 1st Floor Conference Room, 8435 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

February 2002

2ND ANNUAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARK & PLANNING

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAM

Friday 1 - 7 to 9pm

Montgomery County Park and Planning Auditorium - 8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring (free parking in rear)

A showing of the video "Whispers of Angels" with a discussion afterwards.  Thomas Garrett and William Still, two of the great stationmasters, are featured in this hour-long film about the Underground Railroad, starring Ed Asner and Blair Underwood.  This dramatic documentary film was created last year in Delaware by Teleduction, Inc.  It includes interviews with Charles Blockson, Bill Williams and Jame O. Horton, among others.

Saturday 9 - 11am to noon -

Warren Methodist Church, White's Ferry Road and Martinsburg Road, 3 miles west of Poolesville

Storyteller Diane Macklin will weave a touch of magic into traditional folk tales and legends from Africa that will mesmerize audiences both young and old, with the themes of Love, Hope, Patience and Kindness.  The Warren Church is a Montgomery County historic site-the only African American site in the state that still retains all three of its original buildings: church, school and community hall. 

Monday 18 - 2 to 4pm - Presidents Day

Good Hope Methodist Episcopal Church, 14655 Good Hope Road, Cloverly

"Benjamin Banneker" as played by Dale Guy. Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) was a free black man from Ellicott Mills, Maryland, who was a renown mathematician and inventor. He helped survey the boundaries for the District of Columbia and published an annual Farmer's Almanac.  The old Good Hope Church is a Montgomery County historic site. Although the church has been renovated, the African American community and cemetery date back to the 1880s.  After the presentation "Partnership with Nature" will conduct a workshop on the uses of

natural herbs.

Saturday 23 - 10am to 12 noon

Old Lincoln High School, North Stonestreet and Lincoln Avenue, Rockville

Helping to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Lincoln Park Historical Foundation with gospel singing, a talk on the Black Schools in Montgomery County, and "Partnership with Nature".  An African American Quilt Show will continue to be on display until 4 p.m. Lincoln High School, a Rockville Historic Site, was built in 1935 to serve the entire Black population of Montgomery County. It is now the Crusaders Baptist Church.  To find out more about the 25th Anniversary Celebration events, including a bus tour, gospel concert, and banquet, call (301) 251-2747.

Tuesday 26 - 7 to 9pm

Wheaton Claridge Recreation Center, 11901 Claridge Rd., Wheaton

"An Evening With Matthew Henson." James Henson will present a film about his grand-uncle, Matthew Henson, who accompanied Admiral Peary on his arctic expeditions and became the first man to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909, having been sent ahead to break the trail.  He was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1866.

There is a nearby park named for Matthew Henson.

 

 

75 Years

THE MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL Park & Planning Commission

 

For directions or more information call 301.258.4044

All programs are free and open to the public - Refreshments will be served

 

NOTICE TO CIVIC AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS
Help Us Update Our Database!

 

Please Call 301-495-4600

 

The Planning Board’s Community Relations Office is updating the extensive civic and homeowners association database, and you can help by calling 301-495-4600 any time of the day or night with the current president’s name, address, and phone number.  Thanks so much for your cooperation.

 

 

 

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